Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Cartier” in chapter 5 of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, A book of American explorers:
... winter of 1535-36 with much suffering.
They were the first Europeans to pass the winter in the northern part of North America.
The French claim to the possession of this continent was founded on Cartier 's discoveries.
The expedition reached St. Malo, on its return, July 16, 1536.]
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